What We’re Listening To

Our core value of creativity stems from our passion for inspiration and innovation. We’re encouraged to seek new opportunities to be resourceful and imaginative. Because creativity pulls from multiple sources, you never know what might lead to that next insightful idea!

So we wanted to know what podcasts the team listens to to fuel their creativity. We’re taking you behind our headphones.

Andy Stanley Leadership PodcastHosted by Andy Stanley
We need inspiration for great leadership. We need ideas that fuel and change how we lead and Andy Stanley has consistently been my go-to speaker for creative leadership ideas.

99% Invisible dedicates each episode to something (architecture, infrastructure, objects, technology, sounds, history) we all might be familiar with but haven’t given much thought. It unpacks how that “thing” came to be.

One of my favorite episodes explains why Wonder Bread was so revolutionary. This is the bread that is now synonymous with “run of the mill”, but it was important because it was just that. Before, people didn’t know where their food was coming from and food-borne illnesses were common. Wonder Bread was the clean, “pure”, modern bread.

HappierHosted by Gretchen Rubin
Gretchen has a talent for tackling everyday road bumps in creative & concrete ways that feels like a genuine discussion instead of a stereotypical, preachy, self-help book. She’s willing to share personal struggles and updates about implementing the strategies she talks about in her own life.

Gourmet MakesHosted by Claire Saffitz for Bon Appetit
This technically isn’t a podcast, but I like to listen to it in the background. Claire breaks down nostalgic junk food and works to figure out how she can replicate these machine made snacks in her own kitchen. The videos always cover every trial, test, and outcome so when you get that final recipe at the end, you know it’s been thought through.

30 for 30Hosted by ESPN
Sports is an interesting lens to view society through. These podcasts explore people who are pushed to do extraordinary things. On the Ice in particular explores courage and a sort of naivete and how when those two meet, extraordinary things can happen.